Our Piece Of The Pie

There are animals that kill their young,
but humans are the only creatures that
seem to enjoy destroying themselves in
so many different ways.

Surely, there is a powerful force of
darkness driving us to insanity,
incarceration, and even death.

Broken homes and child abuse are
only the beginning of turning out
criminals, rapists, and murderers.

We lie, we cheat, we steal, commit
adultery, curse God, and more.
Lord, what is there that
we haven't done?

Greed, war, pride, prejudice,
abortion. We laugh in the
face of death and know that
we are really small and that
we really have no real power
or control.

We hide behind the delusion that
we are big and strong.
That we can live apart from God!

But like a candle burning,
the wick is getting shorter.
We think that we are invincible.
But we are part of the whole.

This human condition of separation
from God through sin. We are not
the first or the last. Others have
come before us. And now it is
our turn to make history, our
shot at the brass ring.

Time marches on and waits
for no one. Now is our moment
of decision to do the next right thing.

The Heavens await our impression
on the fraction of the whole that
is in our possession in this,
our moment of history.

~ Found ~